William smith evans



(No Model.)

W. S. EVANS.

SLED.

Patented May 10,1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAM SMITH EVANS, OF POINT ROOK, NEW YORK.

SLED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,758, dated May .10, 1898.

Application filed .Tune l, 1897. Serial No. 639,077. (No model.)

T all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SMITH EVANS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Point Rock, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleds, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to sleds and sleighs, and more particularly to a snow shoe or guard for the runners thereof to prevent the runners proper from cutting through light snows, and is likewise a knee construction for the sled, adapted to materially aid in the operation of the snow-shoe proper.

I will irst describe my invention with the aid of the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a cutterrunner with my improved snow-shoe and knee in position. Fig. 2 is a sectional View through the mid portion of the knee.

In both gures the same numeral indicates the same part.

1 is the bent wood runner of a cutter or sleigh, with the steel-iron 2 on the bottom thereof and the broad snow-shoe 3, preferably of steel-plate, on the top. The knee 4, preferably a single hollow body-casting, has at one end the flange-plate 5, with holes v6 for bolting to the snow-shoe and a midway hole 7 for bolting the snow-shoe, wood runner, and steel runner all together. The standard 8 of the knee at its remaining end has the extended flange 9, with channel 10, adapted ,to receive the floor-beam of the cutter and to be bolted thereto through holes ll. A bracket-arm 12 gives additional strength.

Having described my invention, what I desire to secure in my Letters Patent and claim Is- The combination with a sleigh, of the runners thereof, the metal shoes upon the bottom thereof, the snow-shoes resting on the top of the said runners,'and the integral knees of metal, comprising each a standard, a flange at the bottom thereof bolted to the snow-shoe and also to the runner and to the runnershoe, and a transverse channeled Iiauge at the top of the said standard, and the bracket, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

VILLIAM SMITH EVANS. Witnesses:

W. E. CEAVEE,

SOLOMON BUTLER. 

